Itinerary
- Day 1
Bogota
Optional Activities
- Cerro Montserrate cable car for city views
Landmarks Cerro Montserrate - Day 2
Bogota
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Guided walking tour of Bogota - pedestrian zones and Candelaria artists' quarter (approximately 4-5 hours)
Optional Activities
- Gold Museum visit
Landmarks Candelaria - Day 3
Mongui
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Guided trek through paramo landscapes around Mongui (approximately 4-5 hours round trip, approximately 500m altitude difference)
Landmarks Mongui Colombian Paramo - Day 4
Paramo
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided trek through paramo landscape (approximately 4-5 hours, approximately 500m ascent)
Landmarks Colombian Paramo - Day 5
Bogota
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch
Included Activities
- Guided hike to indigenous cultural sites and stone temples (5 hours, approximately 300m ascent and 800m descent)
- Day 6
Bogota to Pereira
- Meals
- Breakfast
- Day 7
Pereira to Los Nevados
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch in the Andean rainforest at Refugio Pastora), Dinner
Included Activities
- Trek on old shepherd's path through Andean rainforest to El Jordán farm (approximately 5 hours, approximately 1000m altitude gain)
Landmarks Ucumarí National Park Refugio Pastora 
- Day 8
Los Nevados
- Meals
- Breakfast (Mountain breakfast), Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided trek to El Otún lagoon at 4100m (approximately 6 hours walking time, approximately 1000m ascent and descent)
Landmarks El Otún lagoon Nevado Santa Isabel Paramillo de Quindío - Day 9
Los Nevados to Pereira
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch
Included Activities
- Guided descent through mountain landscape to Cedral (approximately 3-4 hours walking time, approximately 1000m descent)
- Day 10
Pereira to Salento
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Coffee zone hiking tour (approximately 4-5 hours with breaks and explanations, includes shorter climbs)
Landmarks Salento - Day 11
Cocora Valley to La Primavera
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided trek from Cocora Valley to La Primavera farm (approximately 4 hours walking time, approximately 1000m ascent with counter-descents)
Landmarks Cocora Valley Acaima nature reserve - Day 12
Paramillo de Quindio
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided summit climb of Paramillo de Quindío at 4750m (approximately 8 hours walking time, approximately 1100m ascent with short counter-descents)
Landmarks Paramillo de Quindío - Day 13
Base Camp Preparation
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided trek to base camp at 4350m (approximately 5 hours walking time, approximately 600m ascent with short counter-descents)
- Day 14
Nevado Summit
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided summit climb to Nevado (approximately 8 hours walking time total, approximately 900m ascent and 1500m descent plus small counter ascents)
- Day 15
Cocora Valley to Manizales
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch
Included Activities
- Guided trek down Rio Cardenas through Cocora Valley (approximately 4-5 hours walking time, approximately 1000m descent with counter-descents, 19km route)
Landmarks Rio Cardenas - Day 16
Manizales to Santa Marta
- Meals
- Breakfast
Landmarks Santa Marta - Day 17
Santa Marta to Ciudad Perdida
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided trek from Mamay through jungle to camp at Gabriel (approximately 6-6.5 hours total, 11km, approximately 800m ascent and 500m descent)
Landmarks Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - Day 18
Ciudad Perdida
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided trek and exploration of Ciudad Perdida ruins (5-hour walk to ruins, approximately 600m ascent and 300m descent, plus ascents within the ruin complex)
Landmarks Ciudad Perdida - Day 19
Ciudad Perdida to Gabriel
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided trek from Ciudad Perdida to Gabriel through jungle (approximately 5 hours walking time, approximately 300m ascent and 600m descent, 8km)
- Day 20
Gabriel to Santa Marta
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch
Included Activities
- Guided trek from Gabriel to Mamey (approximately 7-8 hours walking time, approximately 500m ascent and 800m descent)
- Day 21
Santa Marta to Bogota
- Meals
- Breakfast
Optional Activities
- Souvenir shopping in Bogota
- Day 22
Departure from Bogota
- Meals
- Breakfast
